Georg Eugen Nielsen (1884 – 11 July 1963) was a

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architect, publisher and activist. He was an architect by profession, but was wealthy and had time to pursue an interest in writing and publishing. He published the biweekly newspaper '' Fronten'' from 1932. ''Fronten'' was an organ for the short-lived

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, and Nielsen was skeptical to

Nasjonal Samling Nasjonal Samling (, NS; ) was a Norwegian far-right political party active from 1933 to 1945. It was the only legal party of Norway from 1942 to 1945. It was founded by former minister of defence Vidkun Quisling and a group of supporters such ...

. His main interest was exposing what he perceived as the evils of

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. During the

occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War began on 9 April 1940 after Operation Weserübung. Conventional armed resistance to the German invasion ended on 10 June 1940, and Nazi Germany controlled Norway until th ...

, Nasjonal Samling people assumed political office. Nielsen never joined the party, but backed up part of it, specifically pan-Germanist fractions. He was set to administer the ownings of the

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after it was closed down, and worked as an

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consultant for the

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. He attempted to stigmatize people in the Nasjonal Samling leadership with Freemasonry allegations. During the

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he managed to get his case delayed until 1950, after first having been arrested between 13 May 1945 and 1946. He died in 1963, and left behind a sizeable collection of weapons. Parts of the collection was sold in 1993 at Christie's. Money was channeled to a foundation ''Arkitekt Eugen Nielsens Stiftelse'', which among others supported Arnfinn Moland with to write the strongly Nazi-critical book ''Over grensen? Hjemmefrontens likvidasjoner under okkupasjonen av Norge 1940–1945''.

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1884 births 1963 deaths 20th-century Norwegian architects Norwegian newspaper publishers (people) People convicted of treason for Nazi Germany against Norway Norwegian prisoners and detainees {{Norway-architect-stub